Swainsonia newcombii

Swainsonia newcombii
	Shell of Swainsonia newcombii (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Swainsonia
Species:	S. newcombii
Binomial name
	Swainsonia newcombii; (Pease, 1869)
Synonyms
	Mitra newcombii Pease, 1869 (original combination); Scabricola (Swainsonia) newcombii (Pease, 1869); Scabricola newcombii (Pease, 1869);

Swainsonia newcombii , common name Newcomb's mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 41 mm.

This marine species occurs off Hawaii, Midway, New Caledonia and Tanzania.

^ Bouchet, P. (2017). Swainsonia newcombii (Pease, 1869). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934814 on 2017-06-22

Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2008). Mitridae. pp. 330–417, in: G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 848 pp.
Le Beon R., 2014, 2013. - Revision of the taxon Scabricola newcombii (Pease, 1869). Description of a new taxon: Scabricola newcombii irisae n. ssp. from New Caledonia and the Philippines. Xenophora Taxonomy 2: 30-33

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